In charge of several major sports & horse racing betting operators such as PMU (Pari Mutuel Urbain) in France, Veikkaus in Finland or Loto Québec in Canada. As a Program Manager, I am in charge of ensuring Customer satisfaction while meeting the program P&L plan objectives.

In charge of two major sports & horse racing betting operators, PMU (Pari Mutuel Urbain) in France and Tabcorp in Australia. As a Program Manager, I am in charge of ensuring Customer satisfaction while respecting the program P&L plan.

Secure Elements Center of Excellence (CESE) is in charge of designing Secure OS and Applets for Smart Cards & Secure elements products for Banking, Telecommunications & Goverment IdentityCESE development teams are mainly based in France (2 sites in Osny & Meyreuil) and in India (1 site in Noida)As French Sites Head (i.e. Directeur des sites français), my main missions were:- Build & put in place the staffing plan for the different activities with Indian counterpart and… Show more Secure Elements Center of Excellence (CESE) is in charge of designing Secure OS and Applets for Smart Cards & Secure elements products for Banking, Telecommunications & Goverment IdentityCESE development teams are mainly based in France (2 sites in Osny & Meyreuil) and in India (1 site in Noida)As French Sites Head (i.e. Directeur des sites français), my main missions were:- Build & put in place the staffing plan for the different activities with Indian counterpart and arbitrate between in house & subcontracting resources- Put the development teams in the best conditions for their daily work (trainings, equipments & facilities, stress prevention plan..)- Ensure the short & long term skills improvements & career evolutions of all employees inside the Company/Group- Supervise the PMO (Projet Management Office) team, ensure the yearly budget respect of all product lines & reporting to all business units and establish, manage the investment plan- Guarantee the respect of regulations & standards (Export control, Commun criterias, ..) Show less

Defined the mid-term strategy, master development & product costs, quality and time to market, set up partnership with key suppliers such as ODMs or technological providers (selection process, contractual agreement)Led the renewal and optimization of the physical access control product range (MA Sigma), the introduction of new technologies (MorphoWave) and the development of products to gain new markets (MorphoTablet)For the fingerprint modules, increased the production capacity and… Show more Defined the mid-term strategy, master development & product costs, quality and time to market, set up partnership with key suppliers such as ODMs or technological providers (selection process, contractual agreement)Led the renewal and optimization of the physical access control product range (MA Sigma), the introduction of new technologies (MorphoWave) and the development of products to gain new markets (MorphoTablet)For the fingerprint modules, increased the production capacity and reduced the product costs to target emerging markets such as India (AADHAR project) Show less

Defined the roadmap, submitted business plans and checked return on investments, followed the whole product lifecycle, strongly supported pre-sales & roll out teamsIntroduced a new device for police identity verification (MorphoIDent), created a Multi-OS application suite (MiMs) running on Morpho Devices but also on consumers tablets & smartphonesManaged also several programs (Interpol, Poland...), in charge of updates & extensions of police systems (AFIS), accountable for both customer… Show more Defined the roadmap, submitted business plans and checked return on investments, followed the whole product lifecycle, strongly supported pre-sales & roll out teamsIntroduced a new device for police identity verification (MorphoIDent), created a Multi-OS application suite (MiMs) running on Morpho Devices but also on consumers tablets & smartphonesManaged also several programs (Interpol, Poland...), in charge of updates & extensions of police systems (AFIS), accountable for both customer satisfaction and operational margin (eBit)Steered the product portfolio convergence and put in place the new industrial process (both development and manufacturing) following the merge with Printrak & L-1 Identity Solutions Show less

In charge of two agreements signed with Sony-Ericsson :Knowledge transfer (existing product range): Set up & followed the training plan of Sony Ericsson teams (Sweden & China), plan including the installation of a new R&D unit in FranceJoint development agreement: study of the next cellphones generation platform (Texas Instrument), wrote legal contract and followed the development cost repartition and savings

Ensured the quality of the products developed by the joint venture founded by Sagem and Ningbo Bird, Ltd: provided support to the R&D team and supervised qualificationManaged the customizations for non Chinese network carriers: specific developments, carrier validation and supply chain process (SKD, CKD...)Organized the Chinese R&D resources skills improvement and gradual transfer of the developments in China without impacting the products overall quality

Managed the development team (#7-10 full time equivalent) of the GSM/GPRS data modules MO170 (data only) & MO190 (voice & data) integrated in products for B to B (teleprocessing) or B to C (PDA, smartphones) applicationsSupported the customer integrations (documentation and trainings, reviews with audio/RF/EMC/ESD experts, specific features developments)Steered with MiTAC International Corp (OEM) the my-S7 smartphone development : product requirements, adaptation of qualification plan… Show more Managed the development team (#7-10 full time equivalent) of the GSM/GPRS data modules MO170 (data only) & MO190 (voice & data) integrated in products for B to B (teleprocessing) or B to C (PDA, smartphones) applicationsSupported the customer integrations (documentation and trainings, reviews with audio/RF/EMC/ESD experts, specific features developments)Steered with MiTAC International Corp (OEM) the my-S7 smartphone development : product requirements, adaptation of qualification plan to respect SAGEM quality criteria, European carriers certifications... Show less

Managed the WA3050 low layers software (1st Windows Mobile GSM/GPRS PDA)Led the R&D teams synchronization between Microsoft (OS), HTC Corporation (PDA) et Sagem France (GSM/GPRS module) & ensured the Windows Mobile logo certification processStrongly involved in the ramp-up of this R&D unit: acquisition & installation of the equipments, research of local suppliers (certification lab...), developers job interviews

Developed real time embedded software (drivers, thermal images processing, servo control, flight path calculation...) for naval & land fire control systemsFollowed all V-model development cycle from specification writing to acceptance tests with customers (missions in France, Australia, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates)

Wrote the validation test plan of the RITA military data radiocommunication system (Automated Transmissions Integrated Network)